Still Light
The morning started with Donnie eating toast over the sink the way he always did
The morning started with Donnie eating toast over the sink the way he always did
The air tastes like ammonia and bleach and something underneath both.
The box says forty-two pieces. I’ve counted three times
Three flowers, a knife, and the burden of knowing what mercy costs.
Every shot taken draws the forest closer.
Nothing but a trail of broken bone and rotten flesh.
It started as a joke, really. Betsy dared me.
Eddie’s fist connected with a satisfying crunch and Haley couldn’t keep from smiling.
I relish the fine minutia of perfection.
Mary had a disgruntled little lamb
I hear them, wriggling and squirming, first to my left, then my right, and then it filled my whole world with noise.